TF2 (split from screenshots thread)

[Maniacal]

Awesome, hopefully pyro didn't need to spy check xD

Salty - "Spy sappin mah dispenser!"

Red Pyro - "MRRPHH SPY MRHPS CHECK MRPH"

Blu Engies - "I'M ON FIRE!"

 

[GVBN]

And when I see a Pyro I kill him for choosing such a bad class

 

[Maniacal]

Pyro's an awesome class, although VALVe certainly overpowered it a little bit, before the update it needed a bit mroe killing power but VALVe went too far. And people use it wrong. Not that the very linear-tunnle like maps in the game allow pyros to flank people very often anyways.

 

[salty mud]

As far as I can tell, 1% of people use the Backburner for its intended purpose - ambushes from behind. Whether because it isn't really possible or people don't really care and are happy to trade the guaranteed crits for airblast I don't know... but I've realised the old flamethrower is far more effective for me.

Perhaps making the Pyro run at Demoman speed would please the Pyro haters?

 

[tycoonist]

Perhaps making the Pyro run at Demoman speed would please the Pyro haters?

that would be my solution... it wouldn't nerf them too much, as they still be able to keep up with the main assault, but it would give spies a chance, and perhaps stop the M1 + W behavior.

 

[azzaman333]

Stop trying to nerf the pyro. He's not overpowered unless the opposition team is stupid enough to let him be.

 

[tycoonist]

Stop trying to nerf the pyro. He's not overpowered unless the opposition team is stupid enough to let him be.

he is if you play spy a lot. you can be doing something completely innocuous like standing completely invisible in the middle of a room, and the bloody pyro comes charging around igniting thin air for no apparent reason. its absolutely infuriating.

 

[azzaman333]

Spy is overpowered without pyros keeping them in check.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

he is if you play spy a lot. you can be doing something completely innocuous like standing completely invisible in the middle of a room, and the bloody pyro comes charging around igniting thin air for no apparent reason. its absolutely infuriating.

Its called spy checking. He's doing what a good pyro should do, look for hidden spies, especially as he's most effective. If you're playing a spy, dont stand in the middle of the frakking room, hide in a corner somewhere out of the way.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Yeah. I quite frequently play the most suicidal of pyros, yet have the sense to randomly check rooms for spies and flame members of the team if a player calls for a spy-check.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Yeah. I quite frequently play the most suicidal of pyros, yet have the sense to randomly check rooms for spies and flame members of the team if a player calls for a spy-check.

I do it even before someone asks for a spy check. I play quite suicidally too ( Scare the basterds away instead of outright kill them -- I get enough assists for a 1:1 ratio), so Im usually a sole player running back to the action. Anybody lagging alongside me get a nice flame from behind.

 

[tycoonist]

yes, spy checking team mates as a pyro is good sense, and definitely part of a job description. burning every single empty corner in every room? now come on, how do spies stand a chance against that?

 

[Captain2]

They don't

*evil genius laugh*

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Stop hiding in room corners?

 

[Thrawn]

burning every single empty corner in every room? now come on, how do spies stand a chance against that?

I think that's kind of the point.

 

[MrPopov]

switch to soldier and contribute more to the team?

And this fad of labeling M1 pyros was old before it started. Why is it so cool and hip to label M1 pyros? It seems like that is really part of their intended design. It's like labeling a space + space scout like you are saying it's somehow inferior to use the double jump.

 

[LightFang]

switch to soldier and contribute more to the team?

And this fad of labeling M1 pyros was old before it started. Why is it so cool and hip to label M1 pyros? It seems like that is really part of their intended design. It's like labeling a space + space scout like you are saying it's somehow inferior to use the double jump.

M1 pyros aren't lame. W+M1 pyros are!

 

[GenMarshall]

switch to soldier and contribute more to the team?

And this fad of labeling M1 pyros was old before it started. Why is it so cool and hip to label M1 pyros? It seems like that is really part of their intended design. It's like labeling a space + space scout like you are saying it's somehow inferior to use the double jump.

You have not heard of the infamous W+M1 Pyros

 

[tycoonist]

switch to soldier and contribute more to the team?

you know what, i guess ill just let you guys take down the uber charged medics and the fully upgraded sentry towers. i feel like the reputation of spies is somewhat tainted by those who use CnD and just sit behind enemy lines doing nothing. i may not be the best spy ever, but i do contribute to the team effort.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

you know what, i guess ill just let you guys take down the uber charged medics and the fully upgraded sentry towers. i feel like the reputation of spies is somewhat tainted by those who use CnD and just sit behind enemy lines doing nothing. i may not be the best spy ever, but i do contribute to the team effort.

Soldiers are rather effective at that too....